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Why I became an Industrial Designer

I don't really remember making a choice about what I wanted to do as a career, I guess if you have a product designer or problem solving attitude in you these things sort of develop. I was always very mechanically orientated and since I can remember I redesigned household products, invented my own and built protot… Read More

I don't really remember making a choice about what I wanted to do as a career, I guess if you have a product designer or problem solving attitude in you these things sort of develop. I was always very mechanically orientated and since I can remember I redesigned household products, invented my own and built prototypes of ideas I had in mind. Drawing complex 3D exploded views was something I loved to do in class when i was supposed to pay attention to something someone believed I needed to concentrate on. I got sucked into the world of digital painting at the age of 19 and this gave me the tools I needed all along, giving me a bit of an edge to evolve my love for product design into a fruitful career that I enjoy with all my heart. Read Less

What I do for a living

I started off doing fine arts and digital art on the side line combined with some mechanical engineering at TUT, I then later moved over to a course in industrial design at TUT but left it as I was unsatisfied with the quality of the teachings, I then moved over to the university of Johannesburg where I completed … Read More

I started off doing fine arts and digital art on the side line combined with some mechanical engineering at TUT, I then later moved over to a course in industrial design at TUT but left it as I was unsatisfied with the quality of the teachings, I then moved over to the university of Johannesburg where I completed my course in Industrial Design. After studying I started a freelance business from home which worked very well and landed me a few big jobs with Nando's, redesigning their kitchen systems, cooker, grillers and take away areas. After 6 months I started working for two engineers/lawyers who had a patent firm and needed patent drawings, I now do product designs from Ideanav and run the product design side of the business while still occasionally doing drawings for patents and it has been very enjoyable thus far. Read Less